Nicaragua Canals Company Charter Heads for House Vote
The Nicaragua Canals Company charter bill advances to a three hour House debate tomorrow after Senate approval and favorable House committee reporting. Backers claim 200 members ready to vote yes as supporters from navy commander I C Taylor to Horace L Hotchkiss and others visit the Capitol.
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Horace L. Hotchkiss
R. A. Lancaster
J. W. Miller
Hiram Hitchcock
New York
J. H. O’shaughnessey
Brunswick
Goschen Budget Shows Debt Cut and Tax Reforms
Mr. Goschen introduced the budget in the House of Commons with a favorable year end balance and a record debt reduction. Revenue rose overall. tobacco and spirits duties shifted, stamps rose, and income tax yield lagged. Proposals included reducing income tax, raising minor taxes on stocks, wines, and contracts notes, and diverting funds to local authorities.
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Exchequer
Goschen
Childers
House
William Vernon Harcourt
Nolan
Ireland
Inland Revenue
Gladstone
Balfour
Balfour Misreported Remarks Stir London Workmen Union
London dispatch reports Sir Arthur Balfour’s Workmen’s Federation remarks were misrepresented. He defined American conservatism as respect for forefathers and institutions, praising Anglo American civilization and England’s future prospects. Separately, Mr Smyth of Equitable Insurance faced arraignment in Londonderry on forgery charges and was remanded.
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London
Balfour
Workmen's Federation
Staley Bridge
America
England
Smyth
Equitable Insurance Company
Londonderry
George Dbaden-Powell
Dinner for notable peers on fisheries issue in Canada
A member of Parliament hosted a dinner for Mr. Joseph Chamberlain Lord Stanley of Preston and Lord George Hamilton to discuss the fisheries question as Lord Lansdown nears Governor Generalship in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Chamberlain
Stanley of
Preston
Lord Lansdown
Canada
George Hamilton
Admiralty
The Striking Switchmen
Cuiiac0 March 26. The striking switchmen did not return to work this afternoon and were discharged. A few new men were hired and a train of seventy six cars left. A crowd at the Q station threw missiles and struck a Pinkerton man. Police protection was granted and Pinkerton officers will monitor the crowd.
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Cuiiaco
Stock Yards
Pinkerton
Compan
Roche
Chief Hubbard
Packers deny using diseased hogs in meat and lard
Washington dispatch reports J J Squire Boston denies Bartle claim about cholera hogs. C H North Co Boston refutes Bartle assertion of diseased hogs used in lard. Francis Whitaker Sons St Louis calls Bartle statements false libel. Oath not yet administered to witnesses before the agriculture committee.
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Wasurincton
Hatch
House Committee On Agriculture
Bartle
St. Louis
J. J. Squire
Boston Telegraph
C. H. North & Co
Francis Whitaker & Sons
Joseph Cook Urges State Inspection of Parochial Schools
Joseph Cook closed his season with a Tremont Temple lecture urging Massachusetts to inspect private parochial schools. He cited 2606 schools with over 500000 pupils, warned of Catholic influence and Jesuit control, and argued for civil rights protection and unified school funding oversight.
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Joseph Cook
Tremont Temple
Ile
Cook
Archdiocese of
Boston
Cincinnati
New Orleans
St. Louis
Philadelphia
New York
Sisters of Notre Dame
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hadeen
Daniel Dorchester
United States
Vote on Constitution changes and Wool case bring Washington updates
In Washington today Congressman Townshend argues for electing Senators by direct popular vote, while Oates writes the report. Breckinridge denies Wool Reporter charges of a deal with New England manufacturers. Other items include a Marshall resolution on presidential electors and a court hearing over a tax certificate. Senator Frye introduces a lighthouse appropriation for Fox Island, Maine.
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Senate
House
Secretary of State
Iowa
Breckinridge
Arkansas
New England
Oates
Alabama
United States
Washington
Dick”’ Townshend
Illinois
Townshend
House Committee On
Northwest
Wool
Woo
Ways and Voeans Committee
Boston
Providence
Od Breckinridge
Kentucky
Journal of Commerce
Frye
Maine
Fox Island
Goose Rocks
Aine
Good Citizenship Meeting Discusses Common Wealth Concept
The Massachusetts Society for Promoting Good Citizenship held its first regular meeting at Normal Hall Boston. Rev Dr Hale presented Our Wealth in Common arguing common property grows from city and public assets and railroads as shared wealth totaling about 180 million dollars. A general discussion followed and the club adjourned.
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Massachusetts Society For Promoting Good Citizenship
Normal Hall
Bromfield Street
Hale
C. F. Crehore
United States
Army officers receive various leave and transfer orders
Major James P. Kimball receives two months leave. Lieutenant C. H. Parker also gets two months leave on surgeon certificate. Major Jared A. Smith is ordered from Portland Maine to Fort Constitution and Jersey's Point New Hampshire for temporary service. Second Lieutenant Samuel D. Sturgis extends leave six months for illness and transfers from Light Battery K to Battery C. Second Lieutenant John A. Towers transfers from Battery C to Light Battery K.
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Washington
James P. Kimball
C. H. Parker
Ordnance Department
Jared A. Smith
Engineer Corps
Portland
Fort Constitution
Jersey’s Point
N. H
Samuel D. Sturgis
First Artillery
John A. Towers
Schooners Arrive and a Boothbay built vessel sold at private terms
Guoverster reports arrivals of schooners Ambrose Knights Senator rye Flora Dil laway Edward P. Boynton Bertha M. Miller Frank Foster Emerald J.W. Collins Storm King S A Parkhurst B F Somes Phantom Adaie Kinima Dixie Amos Cutter from Ipswich Hay Grice from Boston Spencer I Baird from Philadelphia Samuel Y Colby from New York Enola C sold by George Stesie to Captain Frank Carroll will fish for cod John G Wittier arrived from Grand Bank with 65000 pounds halibut worth 4280 dollars crew shared 145 time absent three weeks.
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New York
Enola C
Richard B. Cunningham
Boothbay
George Stesie
Frank Carroll
John G. Wittiter
Grand Bank
Inductive Telegraphy on Moving Trains Demonstrated at Lehigh Valley
Exhibition by the Consolidated Railway Telegraph Company in New York shows how train despatching works on moving trains. Samuel K. Dingle and Henry Lewis explained operation during a recent blizzard on the New Jersey division, with a 60 mile steel wire line and ground apparatus illustrating despatching at stations. Tonight’s follow up event will include the Electrical Club.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad
United States
Consolidated Railway Telegraph Company of
New York
T. H. Knox
Samuel K. Dingle
Phelps
Henry Lewis
Easton
Penn
New Jersey
Electrical Club
Weather Signal Charts Storm From Northwest To Missouri
A Monday weather chart shows a developing storm from a low barometer area in the Northwest moving southeast to Colorado and northeast to Missouri. It brings rain from the Gulf to the Northeast, with heavy rains in Shreveport and New Orleans, while Fort Custer records the coldest temps at 12 above zero.
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Colorado
Missouri
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf States
Shrevesport
New Orleans
Fort Custer
St. Luke City
New England
Omaha
Helena
Colorado Springs
Bismark
Galveston
Pensacola
Weather bulletin for New England and southeastern Massachusetts
Washington forecast from March 27 details fresh northeasterly winds for New England, then lighter and variable with rising temperatures and rain before clearing. Northeast signals shown from Sandy Hook to Portland. Blue Hill Observatory notes rain then warmer weather for southeastern New England tonight into tomorrow.
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Washington
New England
Prisk
Sandy Hook
Portland
Blue Hill Observatory
H. H. Clay
Surplus Bill Triggers Amendment on Treasury Notes
The Senate debated an amendment by Plumb of Kansas to issue legal tender Treasury notes replacing retired national bank notes in circulation. Approved 28 to 21 despite opposition from Sherman Morrill Hiscock and Beck. Democrats largely supported the amendment with Western senators. finance committee members grew wary. A move for free coinage of silver followed, prompting a secret-session vote.
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Wasrmerox
SprciAt
Senate
Treasury
Kansas
National Bank
Finance Committee
Sherman
Morrill
Hiscock
Beck
Plumb
Stewart
Nevada
Senate Debates Tariff and Utah Statehood Conditions
The Senate discusses petitions from the Iowa Patrons of Husbandry on immigration, wool protection, and direct senatorial elections. Resolutions on Utah statehood conditions and the Mormon church influence are debated, with emphasis on ending plural marriages. A House bill on bond purchases is considered with amendments from Mr. Plumb and opposition from Mr. Morrill and Mr. Beck.
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